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Definition of Kisting
1. kist [v] - See also: kist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kisting
Literary usage of Kisting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and Affinity to by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"The over-sea kist is an invariable item of furniture in ancient inventories.
It is still to be found in old houses. kisting, a funeral. Borders of North. ..."
2. The Weavers' Craft: Being a History of the Weavers' Incorporation of by Daniel Thomson (1903)
"In these old times the "kisting" of the dead was observed with much more ceremony
and solemnity than now. Before this saddening ceremony took place, ..."
3. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"V. Tomlin's Law Diet, kyste ; and Jamieson, kisting. KIT, properly a covered
milking pail with two handles, but often applied to a small pail of any sort. ..."
4. The Lancet (1898)
"KISSING THE BOOK. WE have frequently !- commented upon the dangers which may
accrue to a witness from kisting a copy of the ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"Then the snug night-quarters were, as a rule, in some ]kisting hostelry of old
renown and notoriety—in a ' Lion d'Or' or a 'Faisan d'Argent'; ..."
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